September

Civic Ceremonies

Miss Independece

On September 4 all grades presented their candidate to miss Independence, they made propaganda. The election was made trough votes, the elecetion was on September 13. There was a winner for Middle School and another wineer for career.
For this girls had to made their ID card to simulate the real election process.


How did you support your candidate?
What do you think of the election process?

Civic Week

From September 12 to September 14 there were activities like: made civic altar, a traditional breakfast, the election of Miss Independence.

Which was the breakfast you chose with your grade?

How you shared as group?

On September 14 there was a parade in which participated all girls form High School and some girls or Elementary School, the Scholar Band supported the activity, also there were the queens of Cultural Week (Miss Imo, Miss Sport, Miss Culture) and Misses Independence.

Schoolar band

How did you participate in this activity?

Dawn

On September 27 Mater Orphanorum School celebrated our Virgin Orphan's Mother, the activties started since 5 a.m.

This year Fourth and Fifth accountant had to organize the prayer, the snack for people who got there early. Fourth bachelor made the procession, and all grades gave a gift to help people more needed.

Also there was a mass, sport games, and nuns gave all students an ice cream to celebrate Mater Orphanorum's Day.

Which was the gift your grade gave?

Did you participated in some activity? which one?

With this activity finish the Schoolar year.

I hope you will have great vacations, my best wishes for your final tests. 

We'll see each other soon.

Ending the year

The Scholar year is almost ending, in this last unit the students had several activities of different type. 

Seminar

On August 17 there was the Seminar of graduand of Bilingual Secretary, Office Secretary, Bachelor and Accountants. Some girls of Fifth Bilingual Secretary and Fifth Accountant was supporting the activity.

What do you expect for seminar in your last year of High School?

Good-bye Party

On August 22 there was the celebration for graduands, in this activities some videos were shown to remember the best moments of the groups, there was food, music, gifts for graduands.

Sixth Bilingual Secretary

Sixth Accountant

Fifth Bachelor

What would you like to have in your celebration for the Sixth grade?

What would you like to do as Good-bye party?
Did you like the Good-by party? Why or why not?
What woul you change of this activity?

Visit to Nursing Home

On August 23 Fourth and Fifth Bilingual Secretary visit the Nursing Home, they made some games, they shared with old ladies, the gave them a present, and a snack.

What meant this experience for you?
Did you like to visit them? Why?
Would you like to do more activities like this?

Teacher's Day

     On June 25 in Guatemala people celebrate Teacher's Day, in Mater Orphanorum School girls              celebrated to their teaches on June 21, they made dancings, another told a poem, others made an          imitiaton of some group, and gave to their teachers a delicious lunch. There was a time to share in      group. 

    What means for you the word teacher?

    Did you show to your teachers in some way your grattitude for they make for you?

    In general what do you think that is the role of a teacher in life's students?

Spiritual activity

         On June 15 there was Corpus Christi celebration, there were made some altars. There was one           altar for grade with a message and in every altar there was bread, wheat, wine, candle, incense.

         It was a special activity, girls presented their intentions for pray, and gave flowers for Jesus in              the chapel and sang catholic songs.

June's activities

          Before start June, Mater Orphanorum School finished its May's activities      with the closing of Mary's month, it was in the ground a pray, Secreatrie's          students gave a gift for elder people and flowers for Virgin.

Cultural week

June started in a good way, the cultural week, this week is specially for girl's activities as singing, dancing (regional), talents, and there was an election for queens as Miss IMO, Miss Sport, Miss culture, there was a candidate for each grade section and career, for this year Miss IMO and Miss Culture are from Sixth bilingual secretary.

There were competitions of chorus, regional dancings in both there was the participation of the guide teachers with girls. Also there were competitions of talent, How do you know about? A presentation of National Chorus and a play about Guatemala's Legend.

What do you like most about this week?

Do you like to change or to add some activity?

Did you enjoy this week?

May Activities

May

Marian Month

On May Mater Orphanorum School celebrated Hail Mary all month with different activites as pray rosary; learn about the differnt dedications to Mary, murals, processions, among others.

On May 2 the school had the visit of Rosary Virgin, girls pray the rosary and at the end they left a flower to the Virgin and some of them stayed a while to pray for their requests.

Mother's Day

On May 9 the school celebrated Mother's Day, girls made the invitations and flowers for mommies, The presentations was made by girls of Elementary School and High School.

There was a meal for mommies, also there was a raffle. 

On May 10 there weren't classes so girls could spend this special day with their mom, and the teachers that are mom could rest with their families.

What means your mom in your life?

Have you the opportunity to celebrate this day with your mom?

Sport activity

Sport activity

On April 29 there was the Sport morning, girls made the ddecoration, planned games. There was a lot of different  kind of food. There was a disco. They were helping in Beauty salon. This activity was made with the purpose to help the different deeds that it has as nursery school, farm school, nursing home, boarding school, among others.

Did you have fun in the activity?

What do you like most?

What  did you buy or what did you play of the games?


Did you dance that day?

Secretary's Day

Secretary's Day

  On April  26 is celebrated Secretary's  day, accountant's girls prepared the classroom  with balloons, they gave a card with a chocolate to Secretaries.

From school girls went IRTRA petapa on  April 27. Girls had a lot of fun. Fourth,  fifth and sixth bilingual Secretary enjoyed this day.

For you what means to be a Secretary?

Did you enjoy the celebration? 

Why is so important the Secretary  in the company? 

Lent

Liturgy's commissions of every grade of school prepared a presentation to give a message about lent't time. There were dramatizations of some Bible verses, also there were some reflexion readings to be prepared for lent.

What means for you lent?

Do yo know Guatemalan traditions for this time?

Stations of the Cross

Lime painting

On April 7 there was Stations of the Cross' presentation, two days before this, in the school there was a general cleaning, with lime grils painted tress, walls and curbs. In this activity were involved all girls of High School. They worked in team for the same objective.

What do you think of this activity?

Did you like to paint with lime?

Carpets

A day before Stations of the Cross girls with their teachers made carpets from sawdust, they chose their design, the colors, for this activity all School participated since little girls of pre-school until last year girls. The difference was that little girls their teachers made carpets with flowers, corozo.

Did you enjoy to make carpets?

Did you like your carpet (of your group)?

Station of the Cross

Finally the great day came! The presentation to public of the Station of the Cross, many people came to watch it. Each grade had assigned a station, they are 15 stations. In each one there was a reflexion reading, a pray ( Our Father, Gloria), a song interpreted by the Chorus. 

Little girls of pre-school started with the activity, and the end was performed by girls of the last year, they made a dancing, they were angels.

What was your station?

Did you participated in your station, how?

Did you like this presentation?

Second unit

Women's International Day

For this second unit in the school, the girls had many activities. 

One of them was women's celebration, there was a female presentation of marimba, also there was a presentation of an art group they danced and made some activities as sing songs, dance and others.

I ask you girls the following.

For you what means to be a woman?

Did you like the activities made for this date?

What would you tell another women?

Valentine's Day

On February 14, last Tuesday in Mater Orphanorum School was celebrated Valentine's Day, girls made different activities, in this case Biligual Secretaries (three grades) were to visit the nursing home, they prepared a dance for each grade, they gave the grandmothers a gift, chuchito and orange juice. Girls participated in a active way. 

Also there was a gift exchange, for a week they didn't know who was their "secret friend", they ate a special food, they dance. They were happy. They decorated the classrooms with a different topic, for the fourth grade was "Family's Love", for fifth grade the topic was "Teacher's Love". There was a competition to guess the movie, the prize was to watch a movie and food.

Here are some pictures of the activity, so girls what do you think of this day?

Gift exchange in Fourth Bilingual Secretary

Sixth Bilingual Secretary

Secretaries

Fifth Secretary decoration

Fourth Secretary decoration

Did you like the music?

Did you enjoy to spend time with your friends?

Did you like to visit the nursing home, what was your experience about this?

Would you like to share some pictures through social network?

Wirte your opinion, don't forget to write your name.